Mortal Alchemy

Three months later.

On a nameless island.

Chen Ping walked out of the cave, his face clouded with uncertainty:

"…Another failed attempt at refining pills."

In the past three months, Chen Ping had failed to refine the Qi Cultivation Pill over a hundred times.

But he had also summarized a lot of experience.

"The medicinal power of this Yuan Yang Fruit is really too strong."

"It's too difficult to lock in the internal medicinal power and turn it into pills."

"I need to use spiritual fire to refine this Yuan Yang Fruit separately."

The medicinal power of the Yuan Yang Fruit planted in this spiritual vein was too strong. Even if Chen Ping took it orally, his body couldn't bear it. Although the cultivation technique could remove the side effects of the Yuan Yang Fruit.

However, once Chen Ping refined the spiritual medicine, the medicinal power would dissipate at an extremely fast speed.

Therefore, if he wanted to fully experience the magic of this spiritual medicine, he could only refine it into pills through the pill furnace to completely lock it in.

To refine the Qi Cultivation Pill, he had to first refine the Yuan Yang Fruit, which meant that Chen Ping's pill refining technique had to be changed, which required a lot of practical experience to modify the pill formula.

After refining pills so many times, Chen Ping also had some clues and gains.

He even speculated: "Once this kind of pill is successfully refined, I'm afraid it will take ten and a half days to refine one… or even longer, perhaps two or three months."

It takes so long to refine one pill, which shows how terrifying its medicinal power is.

Chen Ping blew the sea breeze for a while, then turned back to the cave to continue refining pills.

Another half month passed.

Chen Ping sat in front of the pill furnace, his expression a little nervous, his forehead covered with sweat:

"…This time, it's almost done."

After failing dozens of times, Chen Ping discovered that the Yuan Yang Fruit needed to be extracted with high heat to preserve the essence first, and then other medicinal materials were added one by one to extract the essence of the other medicinal materials, and then continue to refine the pills.

A slight impurity would lead to the failure of pill refining.

That is to say, this pill can only take its essence, but in this way, a furnace of pills will also be reduced from ten to three or four.

Moreover, the pills refined in this way have more pill poison and greater side effects.

Under the heavens, perhaps only Chen Ping's cultivation technique is special enough to take such pills.

Otherwise, if other cultivators were to take such pills, they would be backlashed by the pill poison in the first place and die.

Secondly, the powerful side effects of the pill would cause great sequelae.

"Huff!!!"

Half an hour later, the pill was completed, and Chen Ping breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Finally done!"

"Hard work pays off!"

Chen Ping opened the pill furnace, inside were three snow-white and clear pills, exuding an extremely rich medicinal fragrance.

"After changing the formula hundreds of times, the resources consumed cost tens of thousands of spirit stones to improve this kind of pill."

A pill costs tens of thousands of spirit stones, how can ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators afford it? Even Golden Core cultivators may not be able to withstand such consumption.

Chen Ping picked up a pill, put it in his mouth, swallowed it, and then began to officially refine it!

The moment he activated the cultivation technique—

Rumble!!!

The majestic and pure medicinal power swept in like a tide, overwhelmingly.

The terrifying discomfort almost made Chen Ping faint, but fortunately, he had the blessing of the cultivation technique, he survived, and then began to enjoy the feeling of refining the pill and improving his cultivation.

"This kind of pill is indeed ten times higher than the three-hundred-year-old Qi Cultivation Pill!"

At this moment, Chen Ping understood the setting of the pills in the Eastern Xuan Sect.

Ordinary disciples take the hundred-year-old Qi Cultivation Pill.

Elite and special disciples take the three-hundred-year-old Qi Cultivation Pill.

And Chen Ping, who is even more special, is best to take the Qi Cultivation Pill in front of him.

"Hiss—"

Chen Ping found that the speed at which he condensed semi-crystallized spiritual power was increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

One pill increases one year of cultivation!

One pill directly allows Chen Ping to increase one semi-crystallized spiritual power!

How terrifying is this medicinal power?

Once the news leaks out, I am afraid that a bloody storm will immediately be set off in the world of cultivation!

Chen Ping's heart was even more shaken: "One pill directly condenses one semi-crystallized spiritual power."

"And the time to refine one pill is one month!"

He now has six semi-crystallized spiritual power.

That is to say, with thirty more Qi Cultivation Pills, and three years, Chen Ping can cultivate to the peak of the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and then, with a Barrier Breaking Pill, he can directly enter the middle stage of Foundation Establishment!

Chen Ping clenched his fists tightly, his eyes burning with raging desire:

"In three years, I can reach the middle stage of Foundation Establishment!"

At the beginning, he took the hundred-year-old Qi Cultivation Pill, which would take one hundred and twenty years to enter the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and there was no hope for the Golden Core in this life.

Then, taking the three-hundred-year-old Qi Cultivation Pill, it would take thirty-six years to reach the peak of the early stage of Foundation Establishment!

But now, it only takes three years! The medicinal power is more than ten times higher, and Chen Ping's cultivation speed has also increased ten times!

The shackles brought by the five-element spiritual root aptitude and the difficulty of controlling the resources of the sect can no longer stop Chen Ping from rapidly improving his cultivation!

"Isn't it, as long as it takes about ten years, I can reach the peak of Foundation Establishment?!"

Chen Ping's heart was surging, and his emotions were difficult to calm down.

Immediately, he took a deep breath: "What if I reach the peak of Foundation Establishment in ten years? I still have to collect the materials for the Golden Spirit Guiding Divine Pill myself…"

With the Golden Spirit Guiding Divine Pill, coupled with the cultivation technique, there is only a 60% probability of success in forming the Golden Core.

If it were someone else, they would definitely be extremely happy.

But Chen Ping has suffered enough from his five-element spiritual root, and he knows that a 60% probability cannot allow him to steadily enter the Golden Core.

It is best to add the Three Lights Divine Water of the sect, and add 30% probability, so that there is a 90% probability, Chen Ping can barely try to break through the Golden Core!

"Huff~"

Chen Ping exhaled a turbid breath, calmed down, and restrained his mind.

Start to continue refining pills…

…

Cultivation has no years, in a flash—

Three years later.

It has been almost five years since Chen Ping left Fuguangfang City.

Chen Ping's cultivation aura has reached the peak of the early stage of Foundation Establishment, only one step away from entering the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

He calculated that if he relied on his own ability to grind through the barrier, it might take ten years.

It is better to refine a furnace of Barrier Breaking Pill to break through, and secondly, the second-order spiritual medicine left by Zhang Dingfeng has almost been used up by him.

For no other reason, there are more than thirty second-order spiritual medicines, some are the main medicine, some are auxiliary medicines, as for the more precious spiritual medicine to improve spiritual consciousness, there is none.

He failed to refine more than one hundred furnaces before, plus three years of cultivation, and he squandered Zhang Dingfeng's savings of fifty years.

This time, when he returns to Fuguangfang City, he will bring his eighteen second-order spiritual plants over.

Then next time, take Nan Yun to find a new spiritual vein and plant the spiritual plants!

In theory, as long as he has pills to take all the time, he can reach the peak of Foundation Establishment in ten years.

But in fact, he still has to take time to find spiritual veins, cultivate and plant spiritual medicine, and wait for the transformation.

Chen Ping estimates that it will take about twenty years.

And he is only forty years old now, and he can attack the Golden Core stage in twenty years. How young is a Golden Core stage at sixty?

Chen Ping packed his things, left all the spirit beast meat and some useless spirit medicine for the golden sea eagle to eat, and let it take good care of the house.

Chen Ping then embarked on the journey back to Fuguangfang City with the treasure hunting mink.